[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61418-61419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23235]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 154th 
meeting on October 19-21, 2004, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. The Working Group Meeting scheduled for October 
19, 2004 will be held in the NRC Auditorium.
    The Working Group Chairman will state the Working Group Meeting 
(WGM) objectives and provide a technical session overview. Invited 
experts will also be introduced at this time. The purposes of the WGM 
are: (1) To develop the information necessary to provide a letter 
report to the Commission; (2) to understand the technical bases for the 
draft June 2004 ICRP recommendations; (3) to review these 
recommendations against current NRC regulations and practice; and (4) 
to identify aspects of the ICRP recommendations that may warrant 
further study.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, October 19, 2004--NRC Auditorium

     8:30 a.m.-8:40 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The ACNW Chairman 
will open the meeting with brief opening remarks.
    8:40 a.m.-9:10 a.m.: NRC Staff Overview of June 2004 ICRP 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will hear a presentation and a 
hold discussion with a representative of the NRC staff regarding an 
overview of the June 2004 draft ICRP recommendations.
    9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.: Biological Aspects of Radiation Protection 
(Open)--The Committee will hear a presentation and hold a discussion 
with an expert familiar with the radiation biology foundations of the 
ICRP recommendations. The emphasis of this presentation is on the 
extension of previous knowledge based on ongoing studies of radiation 
exposure cohorts.
    10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Update on ICRP Recommendations regarding 
Quantities Used in Radiation Protection (Open)--The Committee will hear 
a presentation and hold a discussion with a representative of ORNL 
regarding radiation and tissue weighting factors and applications of 
factors for external exposure. The focus of this presentation will be 
on the new values derived and what has changed significantly since 
1990.
    11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Public Comments (Open)--Attendees to be 
provided an opportunity to make comments relevant to the purposes and 
objectives of the Working Group.
    1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Individual Protection (Selection of Constraints) 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations and hold discussions with 
the panel of representatives from the NRC staff, EPA, CRCPD and the 
Mayo Clinic focused on the draft ICRP recommendations regarding limits 
and constraints. This technical session will focus on selection of 
constraints and limits and how such selections have been implemented 
and developed in the radiation protection practices in the United 
States. The thrust of this panel will be a discussion as to whether the 
2004 draft recommendations imply significant change.
    3 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Public Comments (Open)--Attendees to be provided 
an opportunity to make relevant comments consistent with the purposes 
and objectives of the Working Group.
    3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.: Optimization of Protection (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations and hold discussions with a representative of 
the NRC staff and a member of the ACRS regarding the optimization of 
protection in the June 2004 draft ICRP recommendations and how these 
principles are related to the current practices of ALARA in NRC 
regulated activities.
    5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Public Comments (Open)--Attendees to be provided 
an opportunity to make comments relevant to the purposes and objectives 
of the Working Group.
    5:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Closing Comments (Open)--The Working Group 
Chairman will summarize the results of the Working Group and discuss 
possible follow-up activities.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

    10 a.m.-10:05 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The ACNW Chairman 
will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
    10:05 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Update on the Status of the License 
Termination Rule (LTR) (Open)--The Committee will receive an update by 
a representative of the NRC staff on the status of activities involving 
the LTR.
    1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Consolidated Issue Resolution Status Report 
(Open)--The Committee will receive an update from a representative of 
the NRC staff on the current status of the Consolidated Issue 
Resolution Status Report.
    2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: ACNW 2005 Action Plan (Open)--The ACNW 
Committee will continue its discussion of potential topics for 
inclusion in the 2005 Action Plan.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's 
sessions.
    8:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss potential ACNW reports on matters discussed 
during this meeting. It may also discuss possible reports on matters 
discussed during prior meetings.
    11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and 
matters and specific issues that were not completed during previous 
meetings, as time and availability of information permit.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2003 (68 FR 
59643). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public. Electronic recordings will 
be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to 
the public. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. 
Howard J. Larson, (Telephone 301-415-6805), between 7:30 a.m. and 4 
p.m. e.t., as far in advance as

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practicable so that appropriate arrangements can be made to schedule 
the necessary time during the meeting for such statements. Use of 
still, motion picture, and television cameras during this meeting will 
be limited to selected portions of the meeting as determined by the 
ACNW Chairman. Information regarding the time to be set aside for 
taking pictures may be obtained by contacting the ACNW office prior to 
the meeting. In view of the possibility that the schedule for ACNW 
meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 
conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should notify Mr. 
Howard J. Larson as to their particular needs.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted, therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J. Larson.
    ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by 
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/(ACRS & 
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    Video Teleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use this service for 
observing ACNW meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACNW 
Audiovisual Technician (301-415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. 
e.t., at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of 
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will 
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the 
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the video 
teleconferencing link. The availability of video teleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: October 12, 2004.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-23235 Filed 10-15-04; 8:45 am]
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